Thai ambassador to UK ordered home

[h90]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Ambassador in London is hardly one of the most important positions....

[Redhawk]

Now the typical manhunt started, that will have a backlash soon...

[phutoie2]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Ambassador in London is hardly one of the most important positions....

Its the hub of shopping, well judging by the amount of Asian faces I spotted yesterday in Harrods.

[transam]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Ambassador in London is hardly one of the most important positions....

Perhaps bank balance has revealed all, perhaps eh.........

[marinediscoking]

The purge by the Military Dictatorship continues. Many academics who were not on any "report list" have been rounded up in Chang Mai and Chang Rai in the middle of the night according to Reuters.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/30/thailand-politics-idINL3N0OC2CG20140530

[CockneyGit]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

''One of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry''..??

Have you actually SEEN the Thai Embassy in London..??

My garden shed is bigger!

[chotthee]

Has it got anything to do with the SOAS lecture that he refuse to ban?

[IamNoone88]

General P is not scared of breaking a few eggs to make an omelet. Keep it up please.

[personchester]

Hahaha.

This is becoming a complete and utter circus. How many heads are they going to cut, until there is a backlash?

Your responds is insensible, it is far to early to make such comments about the junta because their current activities are sensible in order to sort out problems., what will politically happen in the next few months is impossible to forecast now.

The junta is still engaging top professional advisers to sort out the long lasting political problems and create a new democratic setup in order to provide a new solid democratic administration for the country, and then a new election will take place.

[Baerboxer]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Ambassador in London is hardly one of the most important positions....

I realize this might come as a shock to you but the UK is one of the major countries in the world:

- permanent member of the UN security council

- member of the G7

- member and large contributor to NATO and EU

- fasted growing mature economy in EU

- London is the second most important financial center in the world after NY

- The law of England and Wales and the jurisdiction of their courts is used extensively in major international contracts, where parties are not UK entities

- Thais have considerable investments and assets in the UK.

The US, China, Russia, UK, France and Japan would, I suspect be included in the first tier countries of importance by the Thai Foreign Ministry and London would be a plumb position, given the UK's influence.

[NongKhaiKid]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Yes definitely the London position must be one of the most important posts in the Thai diplomatic service but as we saw so many times in the Thaksin / PTP world qualifications, experience and general suitable were not prerequisites for appointment to any job.

[kinmaew]

oh boy he will miss all those pounds and real ales and of course free speech back to reality of his roots.

[Jip99]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Ambassador in London is hardly one of the most important positions....

Ithink you will find that it is.

Certainly considered important enough for a cronyist appointment.

[Thailand]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Yes definitely the London position must be one of the most important posts in the Thai diplomatic service but as we saw so many times in the Thaksin / PTP world qualifications, experience and general suitable were not prerequisites for appointment to any job.

A bit like the qualifications that soldiers sailors & airmen have for running a country?

[NongKhaiKid]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Yes definitely the London position must be one of the most important posts in the Thai diplomatic service but as we saw so many times in the Thaksin / PTP world qualifications, experience and general suitable were not prerequisites for appointment to any job.

A bit like the qualifications that soldiers sailors & airmen have for running a country?

but they do have some scary firepower.

[Baerboxer]

Hahaha.

This is becoming a complete and utter circus. How many heads are they going to cut, until there is a backlash?

Ignoring politics - try hard for a minute.

Was this man really suitable for the job and was he carrying out the duties of an ambassador to a major country to the required high standard?

I have no idea, do you? But I suspect the Thai Foreign Ministry do, and are probably free to voice that opinion based on facts now Thaksin's cousin has been removed.

Doesn't look like a circus - that was a good description of what was happening before, with all the cabinet reshuffles and doling out of plumb jobs to relatives and cronies. Look more like a very well planned operation to return to reality.

Ignoring politics for a minute... the guy Yingluck got removed for appointing as Pol Chief was the most senior cop in 2009, and politics aside, would've been appointed to the top job then instead of having to wait until 2011. But that's if we subtract politics from all this...

The question wasn't the suitability of Yingluck's ex-sister-in-law's brother's suitability for the role he was moved into. It was the moves she and her cabinet approved to make it. The incumbent police chief had to be moved to make way and accepted the job of a senior civil servant who was moved to what was an effectively non active role to make way. All so a "friendly" face could be placed in a key role. The suitability, qualifications, experience, seniority never came into it. The PTP cabinet simply moved people around to suit themselves without any regard for the rules and procedures in force at the time. Stupidity, arrogance, a belief they could do just what they wanted, or a calculated guess they poor guy outed would not do anything as close to retiring? Who knows.

She was removed for the way she did it and that in ignoring the rules did something that was beneficial. You know he was the best candidate for the job in 2009 do you? Or had he previously been fast tracked into pole position thanks to a bit of nepotism?

[Robroona]

Wonder if he will fly direct or take a stop over somewhere in the middle east en route?

Is it just a coincidence that all UK flights stop off in the UAE, before heading to BKK? (There are no direct flights from BKK to UK )

Absolute Rubbish. BA fly daily to LHR from BKK and back too Edited May 30, 2014 by Robroona

[bigbamboo]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Yes definitely the London position must be one of the most important posts in the Thai diplomatic service but as we saw so many times in the Thaksin / PTP world qualifications, experience and general suitable were not prerequisites for appointment to any job.

A bit like the qualifications that soldiers sailors & airmen have for running a country?

And yet the soldiers, sailors and airmen already seem to be doing a better job than the businessmen, policemen and Shin clansmen who ran the country before.

[The Deerhunter]

Hahaha.

This is becoming a complete and utter circus. How many heads are they going to cut, until there is a backlash?

As many heads as the mythical hydra has, as long as they are all red-heads. Ex consul general in Dubai? Did someone just lose another ally delivering false bad news to the west? They will have already checked on the ambassadors to................. Lets see, USA, France, Germany, Australia, Japan etc, etc.. Expect more of the same based on previous connections, Including quite a few lower level diplomats that won't make headline news. What would you (or Thaksin) do under the same circumstances? You didn't expect the diplomatic service to be "stacked" as they call it? Sorry but there is a very comprehensive house-cleaning going on here. He is being thorough to undo years of "stacking" of the civil service with sympathetics. Sorry, it is unavoidable in such circumstances.

Edited May 30, 2014 by The Deerhunter

[icare999]

grat news dig out all Taksin clan hangers on and rest who have been hellbent on lining their pockets with no care for country at all

Well done suphet - all down to you

And touch luck to you red shirt supporters - thank goodness Army has saved Thailand again although it might have been <deleted> not see all Taksin supporters here scurry back under their rocks if Taksin had or gets his way and turned Thailand into his now one party state

In 30+ years I've never seen such a corrupt greedy lot as Taksin and his clan - ok Thailand has always had some corruption but Taksin took it to a plane never before seen. Before it was Imo an acceptable 10% which as is custom in Asia can be considered compensation for poor wages etc and IMO much preferable to west where bankers and rest streal legally. You dont give team obey if you dont get service.

Taksin just took it to ridiculous nights and again I say well done Supet and Army

[kratiam]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Yes definitely the London position must be one of the most important posts in the Thai diplomatic service but as we saw so many times in the Thaksin / PTP world qualifications, experience and general suitable were not prerequisites for appointment to any job.

A bit like the qualifications that soldiers sailors & airmen have for running a country?

Maybe honesty is a prerequisite - there wasn't much of that before (& actually, hardly any experience either - if you discount looting!)

[geronimo]

This stemmed from the Mail online's article on their site on Sunday. It was blocked within hours.

[bkkfaranguy]

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Hahaha.

This is becoming a complete and utter circus. How many heads are they going to cut, until there is a backlash?

Your responds is insensible, it is far to early to make such comments about the junta because their current activities are sensible in order to sort out problems., what will politically happen in the next few months is impossible to forecast now.

The junta is still engaging top professional advisers to sort out the long lasting political problems and create a new democratic setup in order to provide a new solid democratic administration for the country, and then a new election will take place.

[bangrak]

Wondering when the first foreign Ambassadors are called home from Bangkok.

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You mean some of them are knowingly working for Thaksin too? LOL

[Fat Haggis]

I've got to love the attention to detail in that I don't know how many times I've said "oops I was wrong" and it's maybe just instinct that causes the "urge" to flash and correct, without reading any further but thank you I think the message that there ARE 3 Airlines with direct flight airlines has been pretty much established.

[bangrak]

Funny that he was promoted by Thaksin's unphotogenic cousin from being lowly consul-general is a small country to be ambassador to London, one of the most important positions in the Foreign Ministry.

Ambassador in London is hardly one of the most important positions....

Oh, but it is, in my opinion, and in Thaksin's no doubt too...

[Scott]

No need to continue to apologize FH. Many of the off-topic posts have been deleted.

[JoeLing]

I've got to love the attention to detail in that I don't know how many times I've said "oops I was wrong" and it's maybe just instinct that causes the "urge" to flash and correct, without reading any further but thank you I think the message that there ARE 3 Airlines with direct flight airlines has been pretty much established.

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Waoo, Fat Haggis, you're back already?

I wonder, did you take one of those direct flights from one of those three airlines who have direct flights direct to and from London?

Did you see the Ambassador by any chance?

[nithisa78]

All the so called information is second hand, at best.

[Thai at Heart]

Hahaha.

This is becoming a complete and utter circus. How many heads are they going to cut, until there is a backlash?

Ignoring politics - try hard for a minute.

Was this man really suitable for the job and was he carrying out the duties of an ambassador to a major country to the required high standard?

I have no idea, do you? But I suspect the Thai Foreign Ministry do, and are probably free to voice that opinion based on facts now Thaksin's cousin has been removed.

Doesn't look like a circus - that was a good description of what was happening before, with all the cabinet reshuffles and doling out of plumb jobs to relatives and cronies. Look more like a very well planned operation to return to reality.

I made no mention of his suitability. There are I am sure loads of political appointees in all sorts of positions in the Thai civil service.

Now so far, there hasn't been an organised back lash. So my question is, how long until there is? This is an extremely public shaming.